Core Part I: The legal system · Basic legal concepts · Sources of contemporary Australian law · Classification of law · Law reform · Law reform in action
Core Part I: Crime · The nature of crime · The criminal investigation process · The criminal trial process · Sentencing and punishment · Young offenders · International crime
Core 30%
Core 30%
Core Part II: The individual and the law · Your rights and responsibilities · Resolving disputes · Contemporary issue:
the individual and technology
Core Part II: Human rights · The nature and development of human rights · Promoting and enforcing human rights · Contemporary issue
Core 20%
Core 30%
Core Part III: Law in practice The Law in practice unit is designed to provide opportunities for students to deepen their understanding of the principles of law covered in the first sections of the course. This section may be integrated with Part I and/or Part II.
Part III: Options Choose Two · Consumers · Global environmental protection · Family · Indigenous peoples · Shelter · Workplace · World order
The structure of Legal Studies
Core
40%
· Basic legal concepts
· Sources of contemporary Australian law
· Classification of law
· Law reform
· Law reform in action
· The nature of crime
· The criminal investigation process
· The criminal trial process
· Sentencing and punishment
· Young offenders
· International crime
Core
30%
Core
30%
· Your rights and responsibilities
· Resolving disputes
· Contemporary issue:
the individual and technology
· The nature and development of human rights
· Promoting and enforcing human rights
· Contemporary issue
Core
20%
Core
30%
The Law in practice unit is designed to provide opportunities for students to deepen their understanding of the principles of law covered in the first sections of the course. This section may be integrated with Part I and/or Part II.
Choose Two
· Consumers
· Global environmental protection
· Family
· Indigenous peoples
· Shelter
· Workplace
· World order
Option
25%
each